I HAVE FOUND THE MAN WHOM THE LAW AND PROPHET SPOKE ABOUT VOLUME 2

I HAVE FOUND THE MAN WHOM THE LAW AND PROPHET SPOKE ABOUT VOLUME 2 Preached ON

Sunday 5^th June 2022 AT THE VOICE OF GOD STUDIO Bridal Lodge, Nsugbe Anambra State, Nigeria BY Apostle Peter Odoemena THE SON OF MAN

Transcribed by Deacon David Mbah Students’ Fellowship, MOUAU Abia

^[3]And everyone who really believes this will try to stay pure because Christ is pure. ^[4]But those who keep on sinning are against God, for every sin is done against the will of God. ^[5]And you know that He became a Man so that He could take away our sins, and that there is no sin in Him, no missing of God’s will at any time in any way. ^[6]So if we stay close to Him, obedient to Him, we won’t be sinning either; but as for those who keep on sinning, they should realize this: They sin because they have never really known Him or become His.

1 John 3:3 – 6 Living Bible

Please take note. In this Ministry of The Spoken Word, I told you that the Message will come from the Almighty God because it is His Ministry. It is not the Ministry of a man. ……. I told you what you will benefit by following the Cloud for whosoever that is being led by the Cloud can never miss the way; You can never miss your bearing because it is God Himself controlling. It is God leading in front.

THE SON OF MAN

FOLLOW THE CLOUD (EVIDENCE THAT THE SON OF MAN IS THE ELOHIM) VOL. 2; Preached in the cool of the evening of Thursday 14^th September 2003; Pg. 27 & Pg. 30 vs. 7

WE ARE WALKING IN THE LIGHT OF THE TRUTH

Now, let us go further. The Bible is helping you to recognize Christ whenever He will appear, for Christ is identified by His characteristics.

And these characteristics had already been documented by people who witnessed Him, who saw Him, ate with Him, drank with Him, and He promised He is coming again.
They documented it so that whenever He will come, you will not miss it through your philosophy and theology. All these things were documented by people who were there before.
Get Me Saint Luke’s Gospel. The Gospel according to Saint Luke, chapter one from verse one.
Many took it upon themselves to write a documentary of things that happened in the days of Jesus Christ as eye witnesses and so on.
Some wrote as hearsay, but Luke was there even in the days of Saint Paul. When everybody left Paul, Luke was also there with him.
2 Timothy 4:11, NIV. ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
Luke 1:1 – 4, The Message Bible. ^1-4So many others have tried their hand at putting together a story of the wonderful harvest of Scripture and history that took place among us, using reports handed down by the original eyewitnesses who served this Word with their very lives.
Since I have investigated all the reports in close detail, starting from the story’s beginning, I decided to write it all out for you, most honorable Theophilus, so you can know beyond the shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you were taught. Sure!!!
Luke 1:1 – 4, Amplified version. ¹SINCE [as is well known] many have undertaken to put in order and draw up a [thorough] narrative of the surely established deeds which have been accomplished and fulfilled in and among us,
²Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus’ ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],
³It seemed good and desirable to me, [and so I have determined] also after having searched out diligently and followed all things closely and traced accurately the course from the highest to the minutest detail from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
⁴[My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed. Amen!
In which you have been what? Orally instructed. Spoken Word! Verbally instructed. I now decided to make a documentary – a compilation. That is what the Bible is all about.
It is just like you are documenting many things today. If I should leave the scene tomorrow, you have something to tell the world. My wife left the scene, but her works are still with us, which we can even present to our grandchildren, “See the works of your grandmother.” Is it not true?
All of us who were there with her from the original beginning will straighten the records.
The idea is to guide you, who were not there that time against error, for there are too many seducers and deceivers everywhere, carrying the Bible and telling you the Bible contains eternal life.
Too many of them have appeared. Too many anti-Christs have appeared who will tell you what the Bible does not contain and even tell lies against the Bible.
From what Luke documented, it was very easy for Theophilus and others to recognize the LORD Jesus Christ. From what Saint Paul documented, to recognize Christ became very easy.
From what William Branham documented as a Prophet, is anybody in doubt as to what is taking place? From the Scriptures to the prophets, look at the interpretation, it has automatically become the interpretation.
Hence, we can authoritatively assert wherever we go that we are walking in the Light of Truth. It is not because Prophet Abd-rushin said. No! We are walking in the Light of the Truth.
That is why, the Light of the truth has produced before our eyes the woman of subsequent creation. We are living witnesses.
I was somewhere with My memorial T-shirt in honour of My late wife. A lawyer came to the mechanic.
After we exchanged greetings, he said “Sir, something great really left your family and Your people. We have heard much about your wife who exited by death. I hope this is the woman. Ah ah! Are you of the Grail message?”
I said, “Sir, what does the grail Message say?” He said, “This is the language of the Grail. This is not Christian language. This is not Muslim language. This is Grail language. So this is The Woman of Subsequent Creation.” I said, “Yes!”
He said, “Indeed, after going through her commendation which I collected from Your brother here [for I saw it in his hand] I came back and told them that this Man is a Grail member. And the wife indeed from the records represents The Woman of Subsequent Creation, for the entire world put together wrote concerning one woman.”
He said, “I saw too many people, including professors who wrote from different places everywhere concerning one woman and her charisma.” He said, “This cannot be an ordinary woman. So you are the husband.” I said, “Sir, I am.”
Then he said, “I am not in doubt anymore, for I have known You for sometime, though we have never exchanged our views on religion. But looking at You, You are not religious. Are you?” I said, “No! I am not religious.”
Before he left, he came back again, “Sir, permit me to find time with you. Look at My chamber there. We will have a little time to exchange views. Do you belong to Grail?”
I said, “No. I do not belong to any, but I have read much about Grail.” He asked, “Do you believe it?” I said, “Why not? If you believe it, why not subscribe to it. And then it will help Me to tell you greater truth than that of Abdrushin, for he walked with a little light, introducing THE SON OF MAN to the world.”
He exclaimed, “The son of man!” I told him, “Do you not know THE SON OF MAN? Have you not seen Him? Have you not heard about Him?” He said, “I read it there, but I have not seen Him. Are You the One?” I said “Yes!”
A big encounter at the mechanic provoked by that Book of commendation passed to the people that attended the burial.
That is why our Pastor Melchizedek concluded the whole matter in believing My Word that death is never a humiliation, but an evaluation. When we leave the scene, the remnant of the earth will evaluate us for what we really were when we walked here on earth.
You must be remembered for something. No matter the age you left this place, you must be remembered for something. If you were a criminal and died in infancy, we know a criminal died.
If you are a stark, hard-hearted young boy like this Emelie and you die tomorrow [but God forbid] it will be credited to you that you lived in the presence of the Almighty God and retained your hard heart – your stubborn heart;
Never giving in to God’s counsel and closed your ears against the truth, but take delight in reading the Word.
I thank God. People might be wondering, about what is happening in these days that we are in that a little boy can come before the presence of God, claiming to be religious, yet retaining a devilish identity.
When you have a nature God cannot transform, what do you call it? That is satanic. Purely satanic.
So it is with people everywhere. Many have satanic natures. That cannot even be touched one bit by the revelation of Who God is.
Why? The Bible said, “They do not retain the knowledge of God nor the Word of God in their hearts.”
When the knowledge of God fizzles out of your heart, you must be rebellious. You may not even know when you slap God. Chika, are you paying attention?
Luke 1:1 – 4, King James Version. ¹Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, ²even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; ³it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
That is why I do not believe in fooling your ears. I believe in helping you to know the veracity of all that I am telling you, using nature, using Scriptures, using events around you, and even using history.
To Me, Bible now is a history that is helping Me to recognize the present, for God is the one that writes history before event. Did you get the Message?
Without these Scriptures, nobody will know Signs we must watch out for, and then begin to anticipate the second of Christ. True or false?
Those who were eye witnesses when the LORD spoke concerning them and about His second return; the manner it will take; About the end of the world; the way it will come and everything, they documented all for posterity, so that we who were not there and who were still afar off, as many as the LORD our God shall call; whenever it comes to our turn, we will be able to recognize our own day and our own Messenger Who has our own Message.
You must recognize your own day and recognize your own Messenger. In Him, is your own showbread which you will feed on. In Him is the Word of eternal life for your own day.
For that reason, the Bible automatically becomes our school master and has only but one assignment: To introduce us to Christ, Who is the One holding eternal life.
We are looking for eternal Life. We need it. We want it. With the help of the Bible now, through the teachings, through the doctrines, he will now introduce us to One Who holds that eternal life.
But will you embrace Him? Will you be happy to embrace that One?

He (Christ) is now fulfilling that thing which the law could not do, and then He was teaching and preaching to people what they must do to be perfect. He Himself, first of all, made Himself perfect. Then He made Himself the Author of eternal perfection, unto them that will obey the teachings, not Moses’ laws because now that He is on the scene, Moses is no more. Christ will now continue and all that will now inherit this eternal perfection will now obey Him.

THE SON OF MAN

FIVE-FOLD WORSHIP; Preached in the year 1993; Pg. 56 vs. 44 – 45

THE LAW WAS OUR SCHOOL MASTER UNTIL CHRIST CAME

Let us go further because I want to say something. Turn with Me to the Book of Galatians. Let us see the Book of Galatians and know whether what we are saying is true or false.

Christ is the end of the law. I say, Christ is the end of the law. But before we go there, that one can be seen in the Book of Romans. I want to take another one. The law; the Bible was our school master until Christ came.
Galatians 3:24 – 25, New International Version. ²⁴So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. Sure!!!
The Bible was our guardian, helping us to recognize Christ. Is it not true? The moment Christ appears and we embrace Him, do we need a guardian again? Do we need an instructor again?
If I am a Guide assigned to you to take you to Aba; may be they said Aba stadium, whatever might be your mission in Aba stadium is not My business.
I signed My life in that I should be held responsible if I do not take you to Aba stadium. With your cooperation, I take you to Aba stadium. You look at all the features in that stadium as you were told, for you must be given signs which you must watch out for, lest I take you to another stadium, claiming to be that of Aba.
Once you get there and see all those signs which you had already been told to watch out for and I say, “My friend, you are welcome to Aba; Behold Aba Stadium”, on seeing those things which you were told, you will give Me a warm handshake and say, “Sir, I appreciate. Thank you very much.” I will go My way and you will enter the stadium.
And whatever might be your assignment in the stadium is up to you. It does not concern Me again.
That was what John the Baptist did. He introduced the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. He gave way, for two of them could not be there at the same time. I hope I am making sense.
Galatians 3:23 – 27, The Message Bible. I love this translation – Patterson’s translation – The Message Bible. Somebody hearing us saying “The Message”, “The Message” might be thinking that we are the author of this one. Why is this one coming to Me at this closing hours of the Message? I will find out more about the transcriber.
²³Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, … Sure!!!
You are no longer under your parents. The moment your parents have introduced you to THE SON OF MAN, the Messiah, God in human form, they have done the best they could by introducing you to the way that leads you to eternal life.
You cannot blame your parents for your misbehaviour again, for they have led you to Christ. True or false?
But what if they fail to lead you to the living God? It then means they will lead you to dumb idols. Dumb idols! Things that are no God. And you will be following them to church, bowing down to things that are not God and believing things that are not true, which you know our parents did.
And we were following because we were not mature enough. We were not sensible. We were underdeveloped mentally and spiritually to discern between good and falsehood.
²³Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law.
The laws of Moses. The ten commandments of Moses which ends in leading us to hell. WE WERE CAREFULLY SURROUNDED AND ALSO PROTECTED. We were under the protective custody of the rules and regulations that do not profit. Which the Bible described as weak, carnal and unprofitable. We cherish them.
Hebrews 7:18, NIV. The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless.
Amplified version. So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness
²³Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law.
The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.
²⁵But now you have arrived at your destination: … Sure!!! Now you have arrived at the Messiah’s feet – at your destination, do you need those protective guardians?
What is the essence of guiding somebody, having introduced him to where he is ordained to be?
It is just like a child that lost his way and could not find his way back to his parents. A good Samaritan picked that child on the way and continued to pacify that child.
“Stop crying my child. I know you missed the way. I am taking you to your parents. I know where they are living. If I get to that compound, will you know your own room? Will you know your mother, your father and your siblings?” And the baby says, “Yes I will”
Then gently, the good Samaritan will take that child carefully and diligently, making sure that there is no accident on the way or any embarrassing situation on the way. Then finally they arrive at the compound of the child’s father. On getting to the gate, the child will be the number one to force the gate open. A sure sign that you have succeeded in guiding that child back to the family.
On entering the compound with you, the parents will be showing interest in saluting you for bringing the child back to them, but the child is back into the house embracing her siblings, her mother and everybody.
At the end of the day, you will hear, “My dear, silver and gold we do not have, but may God bless you for bringing this errant child home. Otherwise, we lost this child.”
The good Samaritan will say, “I do not deserve your commendation sir. I did as I am led by the Spirit of Christ. See you again. Bye!”
Do you now stay in that house to begin to direct that child again? No No No No No! No No No! You have handed the child over to the owner. The child now will be paying attention and taking instruction from the owner, and no longer from the good Samaritan.
The essence of the good Samaritan’s warning and giving of instruction is to allow the two of them arrive their destination safely, which is taking the child to the parents.
Does this illustration mean anything to you?
²³Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law.
The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.
²⁵But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start.
It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise.
Galatians 3:24 – 26, Amplified version. ²⁴So that the Law served [to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith.
²⁵But now that the faith has come,… Has the Faith come? Has Christ come? Have we seen the faith of Christ at work?
…we are no longer under a trainer [the Law] (the guardian of our childhood). ²⁶For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through Faith.
Faith has now come. You are no longer in bondage of keeping those laws again. You do not follow John the Baptist again. When John the Baptist introduced the Messiah, the Bible said, “They left John and followed Christ.”
Those who could not leave John started complaining bitterly when they saw Jesus baptizing at the River Jordan. They ran to John, “That man you baptized along with us, he is baptizing his own converts o. He has started his own church somewhere. And people are rushing there.”
He replied, “Do not worry. Did I not tell you that I am not the Messiah? He is the Messiah. Did I not point Him to you? I am an earthly angel. My Ministry has come to an end. From now, He will increase and I will decrease. The two of us cannot be here at the same time.”
John 3:25 – 30, KJV. ²⁵Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. ²⁶And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. ²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
²⁹He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.
Moses and Joshua could not be there at the same time. Although they were all alive, something happened. The LORD removed the Cloud from Moses and allowed the Cloud to surround Joshua. Then, the people of Israel abandoned Moses and went to Joshua, for the Cloud was dictating their movement. The Cloud is the One that identifies Who the revealed Christ is.
The Prophet said, “He will be in the midst of the world, but watch out for one Man Who will be surrounded by the Clouds of Heaven, for that will reveal Him as Heavenly Messenger with the everlasting Gospel. When He comes, His Message will go forth in Book form and in electronic form – in reading materials – magazines and newspapers until it will encircle the whole earth. Every predestinated Elect of God must be positionally placed where he will not only recognize it, but will be a part of it.”
Some will see the Kingdom, but they will not enter. Some will be at the door. They do not want to enter. They do not want others to enter. While some will be experts in preparing others to enter, but they themselves will not enter. You must belong to one. Amen.
Is this Scripture not explicit enough? If I continue to read Scriptures today, you will miss the main Message for which cause I am laying a foundation. But I want to read further.
Galatians 5:25 – 26, The Message Bible. ^[25-26]Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads…
We have chosen to live Christ-like life. Let us be sure that it will not be a mere idea which we conjecture in our brain. Let it not be a mere head knowledge.
Let it be knowledge from the heart. From the heart, it will spring forth the life. Any information stored in the heart can never be forgotten, but when you store information in your brain, you can forget it.
It is like cramming a work in the school [memorizing under pressure] in order to recite. When you cram a word to recite, it is easier for you to forget a word or a statement. By then, you stand still and be gazing at the sky because it is not in the heart. If it is in the heart, 20 years to come, you will reproduce it.
THE WORD OF GOD MUST HAVE A RESTING POINT IN OUR HEARTS. A RESTING PLACE.
That is why you see many misbehaving. Storing it in your brain will make you a powerful preacher, a good reader and a good churchgoer, but the life of Christ will not be seen in you.
When the Holy Spirit comes into your life, you become humble. You become quiet. You become sober. You can only speak when it is necessary. You become a paradox.
The more people look, the less they see. They would not know why you act the way you act, for you do not act by human impulse. You act at the directive of the Holy Spirit.

I am the very Smoking Firewood. You can go outside and tell your friends and well-wishers that you have seen the Man whom the law and the prophets spoke about. Is it not true? Go and tell them saying, “My eyes have been privileged to see the Man whom the law and the prophets spoke about.” I am not a churchman.

-THE SON OF MAN

I AM THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR; Preached on Sunday 4^th March 2012; Pg. 144 vs. 31

CHRIST – THE MESSIAH HAS ARRIVED

Galatians 5:25 – 26, The Message Bible. ^[25-26]Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit,… Not of the flesh. Not carnal. Not mechanical. …let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads… Racking sense. …or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.

Imply it in your life. Work out the implications in every detail of our lives, no matter where we are found.
FOR THE SITUATION YOU FIND YOURSELF DOES NOT MAKE YOU WHAT YOU ARE, BUT WILL ONLY EXPOSE YOU AND REVEAL YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
I hope I am making sense. There is no circumstance you will find yourself that will make you to change, unless you are one given over to change, but if you have imbibed Christ-like life, whatever you are is what you are. No situation can cause you to do otherwise.
Let it not be a mere sentiment, “Let me go and write and send. Brother will publish it. Let Brother know. And let every Brother know that I am kicking at Isiala-Ngwa.”
FearGod, I hope you are hearing Me. We do not go about making sentiment with our Faith. No! keep it to yourself. It belongs to you.
Allow people to enquire why you behave the way you behave. You will be in a position to give an answer to those that will like to know more about you and why you behave the way you behave.
This is because every human being is a religious being. Every human being belongs to one group or the other. And so they receive their teachings.
But we belong to Christ and Christ alone. When we want to pray we lock up our doors and pray to God. We do not pray on the streets – sentimental prayers. We do not make noise on the streets. They are mere sentiments. People canvassing for membership.
Isaiah 42:1 – 2, Living Bible. ^[1]See My Servant, Whom I uphold; My Chosen One in Whom I delight. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will reveal justice to the nations of the world. ^[2]He will be gentle—He will not shout nor quarrel in the streets.
King James Version.¹Behold My Servant, Whom I uphold; Mine Elect, in Whom My soul delighteth; I have put My Spirit upon Him: He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. ²He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
If we want membership, we would not be having our Fellowship under closed doors. We know who we are. We know our mission.
Noah had his own under closed doors. Lot, under closed doors. Rahab, under closed doors. Do you believe that to be true?
And Jesus said, “When you want to pray, do not pray like the Pharisees. Go and have your prayers and everything under closed doors.”
Let us pray in the household of Caesar – the church in the household of Caesar, under closed doors. Rhoda, closed doors. Stephenas and the Family, closed doors. Lydia, closed doors.
Saint Paul reclined to his own rented apartment – a storey building, where he had his upper room ministry under closed doors, for two good years before he left the scene. There he was receiving people and encouraging them to march on in the Faith of Christ. Anybody that wanted to see him, went there.
David had his own in his upper room – a storey building, under closed doors. Amen.
Galatians 5:25 – 26, The Message Bible. ^[25-26]Since this is the kind of life we have chosen,… Since we have chosen to live the life of Christ, …the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.
That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
Each of us, different thumbprints. You are unique. I am unique. Then, God will bestow on you diversities of gifts and also give you that spirit of knowing how to administer it divergently – diversities of gifts and diversities of administration.
And they vary, one to another. You are unique. All in Christ. No confusion. No distortion of facts.
John 5:26 – 29, Amplified Version. ²⁶For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent. ²⁷And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].
²⁸Do not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, ²⁹And they shall come out–those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence].
John 5:25 – 26, The Message Bible. ^25-27“It’s urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived…The time has finally arrived. Is it not true? If it is not now, when will it be? Are we not in the end time? Can we not see all the predicted events in the end time around us?
Is there any other prophesied event that you are expecting if not the destruction of the world and the translation of our mortal bodies? Is there any other thing waiting? It is urgent now that you make haste.
²⁷“It’s urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived—I mean right now!—when dead men and women will hear the Voice of the Son of God and, hearing, will come alive. Just as the Father has life in Himself, He has conferred on the Son life in Himself. And He has given Him the authority, simply because He is the Son of Man, to decide and carry out matters of Judgment.
²⁸“Don’t act so surprised at all this. The time is coming when everyone dead and buried will hear his voice. Those who have lived the right way will walk out into a resurrection Life; those who have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment. Sure!!!
I am still going further. I am laying a background for the Message you are going to receive. Follow Me strictly to Saint John’s Gospel chapter 7. I will read from verse twenty-five.
John 7:25 – 29, The Message Bible. ^[25-27]That’s when some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the one they were out to kill? And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is stopping him. Sure!!!
Could it be that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah? Could it be that the rulers have discovered at last that He is indeed the Messiah? Hence nobody could lay hands on Him, even when He healed the sick on a Sabbath day. He entered the farmland on a Sabbath day, plucked corn and ate with His disciples.
But a young man went to the bush to fetch firewood on a Sabbath day to prepared food for him to eat and live, but they stoned him to death for transgressing the Sabbath law.
But this other young man [Jesus] is transgressing it openly. The leaders of the Jews, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Sanhedrins, Herodians and all of them, nobody could lay hands on Him. And they were seeing Him transgressing the laws.
Passersby were astonished and wondered, “Could it be that our rulers and our Pharisees have at last discovered for themselves that this man is indeed the very Messiah. Hence, nobody could lay hand on Him”
And yet we know where this man came from. We know where this man came from. This Man! This Man! The Messiah is going to come out of nowhere.That is their belief. Nobody is going to know where he comes from.”
^[28-29]That provoked Jesus,… Their belief which they expressed now provoked Jesus Christ to talk. Hear Him speak.
That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, “Yes, you think you know me and where I’m from, but that’s not where I’m from. I didn’t set myself up in business. At all!
My true origin is in the One who sent me, and you don’t know him at all. My true origin! You call Me son of Joseph the carpenter; the son of Mary that has his brothers and sister around you, but you do not know Me.
I never proceeded from Joseph’s lineage. I never proceeded from his family. No wonder, when He was teaching in the temple, his parents came looking for Him. They alerted Him that His mother and siblings were there looking for Him. He retorted, “Who are My mother and My siblings. My parents, mother, siblings or whatever you call them are no other people but these people sitting before Me, hearing My Word.”
I was challenging a Minister and I said, “Check the Scriptures. From the day Jesus was born till He ascended into the clouds of heaven, there was no verse of the Scriptures where he referred to Mary as His ‘mother’.”
It does not exist in the Bible. No matter the translation, it is not there. He referred to Mary as “Woman.” “This Woman!” “Woman!” “This Woman!” Not mother.
John 2:1 – 4, KJV. ¹And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
³And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. ⁴Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Archeological Writings of the Sanhedrins and the Talmuds of the Jews [Taken from the ancient parchments and scrolls at Constantinople and the Vatican at Rome] – Chapter 5: Gamaliel’s interview with Joseph and Mary, and others concerning Jesus [The hagiographa or holy writings, found in the St. Sophia mosque at Constantinople, made by Gamaliel, in the talmuds of the Jews, 27 B.]
… She said she talked to him about it, and He would look at her a little grieved and say, Woman, (for such He always called me), you don’t know who I am.’ …
There is no Scripture where he referred to Joseph as His Father. It does not exist. It does not exist anywhere. But look at Him introducing Himself.
That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, “Yes, you think you know me and where I’m from, but that’s not where I’m from. I didn’t set myself up in business. Sure!!!
My true origin is in the One who sent me, and you don’t know him at all. I come from him—that’s how I know him. He sent me here.”
He has introduced Himself and His descent. If you like, believe. If you like, discard it. Can you know a man more than he knows himself? If I introduce Myself to you because you do not know Me, and after My introduction, you say that you do not believe, do I quarrel with you? It is your right to believe. It is your right not to believe.
That is why every Message from the Son of man will end by saying, “BELIEVE IT IF YOU CAN.” But where you do not want, leave it.
He proceeded from the father. He came from Heaven. He is a Heavenly Messenger. And He equally went back to heaven.
And when He appeared again, all that were in Him manifested. And they are sitting in heavenly places with Him, waiting for the full and complete redemption of their souls. On that day, there shall be a full harvest of the earth.
But until then, He is reaping the farm one by one, day by day. But a day is coming when the remnants of the crops in the farm shall be reaped at the same time.
John 5:26 – 30, Amplified version. ²⁵Then some of the Jerusalem people said, Is not this the Man they seek to kill? ²⁶And here He is speaking openly, and they say nothing to Him! Can it be possible that the rulers have discovered and know that this is truly the Christ?
²⁷No, we know where this Man comes from; when the Christ arrives, no one is to know from what place He comes.
²⁸Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [ porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know! ²⁹I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me.
³⁰Therefore they were eager to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, for His hour (time) had not yet come. Sure!!!
John 7:26 – 30, Living Bible. ^[25]Some of the people who lived there in Jerusalem said among themselves, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? ^[26]But here he is preaching in public, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that our leaders have learned, after all, that he really is the Messiah?
^[27]But how could he be? For we know where this man was born; when Christ comes, he will just appear and no one will know where he comes from.” ^[28]So Jesus, in a sermon in the Temple, called out, “Yes, you know me and where I was born and raised, but I am the representative of one you don’t know, and he is Truth. ^[29]I know him because I was with him, and he sent me to you.” Amen!
^[30]Then the Jewish leaders sought to arrest him; but no hand was laid on him, for God’s time had not yet come. Amen!
Everything that happens to the One God sent happens at God’s own appointed time. Until that time comes, nothing happens, for God works with time. That is why I taught you on the time table of God and how God fulfills everything He fulfills here on earth in the Message, GOD’S PROPHECIES ARE TIED TO TIME.
There is time for everything before God. God plans before He executes anything. He does not do things thoughtlessly as we do. He encourages us never to act thoughtlessly or speak thoughtlessly because whatever we do or act must have future consequences either for or against us.
That is why when the police wants to arrest you, they will warn you, “Keep your mouth shut. Just obey. Follow us, for everything you say will be used against you in the law court.” Then you keep your mouth shut and obey them.
So, be wise not in your own self-conceit. Be wise unto the things of God.

I, the Son of Man, Apostle Peter Odoemena carry people in My car but they don’t recognize Me to be that Almighty God they are looking for — man is blind. The highest thing they can say is: “This man (the Son of Man) is a good man; He is a man of God.” The greatest stumbling block is that God is a man. And that God is Peter Odoemena. History repeats itself. It is happening again in your day. Soon, you will hear: “He has come, He has gone.”

THE SON OF MAN

BLAME YOURSELF AND NOT GOD: DO NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF A STRANGER; preached on Sunday 30^th September 2007; Pg. 15 Paragraph 2

THE ALL-KNOWING GOD IS A HUMAN BEING

Now, let us go further. Deuteronomy 18:18 – 19, Living Bible. ^[18]I will raise up from among them a Prophet, an Israeli like you. I will tell Him what to say, and He shall be My Spokesman to the people.
^[19]I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to Him and heed His Messages from Me.

Anybody who will not listen to Him and pay heed to His Message from God, God Himself said, “I will deal with that person personally that refuses to pay attention to the Voice of the Messenger God sent, confirmed and vindicated with infallible proofs, undoubtable [and unquestionable evidences] set out before our eyes.” God Himself will handle the matter.
IT IS A MATTER BETWEEN YOU AND GOD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE MESSENGER GOD SENT, YOU HAVE RECEIVED GOD WHO SENT HIM. IF YOU REJECT HIM, YOU HAVE REJECTED GOD. IF YOU MALTREAT HIM, YOU HAVE MALTREATED GOD
That is why He warned, “Touch not My anointed. And do My Prophets no harm.” [1 Chronicles 16:22 & Psalm 105:15 KJV]
Do you think that God is crazy? He is Mightier than all human beings. He knows everything about us. Do you believe that to be true?
Deuteronomy 18:18 – 19, Amplified version. ¹⁸I will raise up for them a prophet (Prophet) from among their brethren like you,…
The Holy Qur’an said, “Allah will never raise for Himself a Prophet for a people except in the language and custom of the people.”
Surah 14:4, Hilali-Khan Translation. ⁴And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them. Then God misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
In other words, the person must be one of you who must speak your language and also observe your customs and traditions like we can see in Galatians 4:4 that Jesus Christ was born a Jew – a Prophet – and lived under the Jewish laws and customs to redeem those that were in bondage to the laws, knowing that the law was weak and carnal, and could not save anybody. It will only reveal what sin is all about, like the Bible, but will not remedy it.
Galatians 4:4, Living Bible.^[4]But when the right time came, the time God decided on, he sent his Son, born of a woman, born as a Jew, ^[5]to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law so that he could adopt us as his very own sons.
Hebrews 7:18 – 19, Amplified version.¹⁸So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness– ¹⁹For the Law never made anything perfect–but instead a better hope is introduced through which we [now] come close to God.
1 Corinthians 15:56, Good News Bible. Death gets it power to hurt from sin, and sin gets its power from the law.
I will show you Scriptures. Follow Me to the Acts of the Apostles for a confirmation of the fulfilment. Acts of the Apostles chapter three. Let us look at verse twenty-two.
Since you have been reading the Bible and knowing about sin, have you escaped from sin? The law does not have the remedy. The remedy lies in Christ. Do you believe it to be true?
“In the last days”, the Bible said, “It is going to be very difficult to live godly life, but the remedy lies in Christ Who came as a human being.”
2 Timothy 3:1 – 5, Living Bible. ^[1]]You may understand this too, Timothy, that in the last days, it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. ^[2]For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad.
^[3]They will be hardheaded and never give in to others; they will be constant liars and troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality. They will be rough and cruel, and sneer at those who try to be good.
[4]They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshiping God.
^[5]They will go to church, yes, but they won’t really believe anything they hear. Don’t be taken in by people like that.
Amplified version. BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].
2 Timothy 3:1 – 5, The Message Bible. Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
Have you heard it? It will be very difficult to live godly lives. The Scriptures said, “But the remedy lies in Christ.” The remedy lies in Christ Who gave Himself over to die for our sins. He came on earth as a human being. Without Christ, nobody can overcome the spirit of the last days.
Second Timothy chapter three from verse one spoke about the last days – the spirit of the last days. Read 1 Timothy 3:16.
Living Bible. ^[16]It is quite true that the way to live a godly life is not an easy matter. But the answer lies in Christ, who came to earth as a man, was proved spotless and pure in his Spirit, was served by angels, was preached among the nations, was accepted by men everywhere, and was received up again to His glory in heaven.
Amplified version. And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory.
The Message Bible. This Christian life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things are clear enough: He appeared in a human body,… The same yesterday, today and forever. We will know the reason He appeared.
…was proved right by the invisible Spirit, was seen by angels. He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, taken up into heavenly glory.
Deuteronomy 18:18 – 19, Amplified version. ¹⁸I will raise up for them a prophet (Prophet) from among their brethren like you, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I command him. ¹⁹And whoever will not hearken to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.
I quoted too many Scriptures at the same time. I quoted Acts 3:22 trying to confirm the promise that was made to the fathers to have come to pass in our own day.
The LORD our God shall from among you raise one of you – one of your brothers – to be His Mouthpiece He will use to speak to you.
And if you refuse to listen to His Voice and obey because of His relationship with you; maybe because of the colour of His skin or for any reason at all – maybe over-familiarity. He might be your father or your brother. He can be anything to you – a close friend and associate.
If that is the reason why you cannot pay attention, you are doomed, for God cannot use somebody, a foreigner to come and minister to you. He will use one of you according to His Word. God is mindful of His Word.
Allah does not send a Prophet save in the language of the people where He sent the Prophet.
Acts 3:19 – 23, The Message Bible. ^[19-23]I am looking for verse twenty-two. “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus.
For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be.
Moses, for instance, said,… Note it. That is what I want to get. Moses, for instance said, ‘Your God [Your own God] will raise up for you a prophet just like me from your family. Your own Family.
Family of Faith; from your own tribe; from your own nation; Who will speak your language; Who will observe your customs and traditions; Who can understand you and your behavioural traits. He cannot send a foreigner.
Listen to every word he speaks to you. Every last living soul who refuses to listen to that prophet will be wiped out from the people.’ Sure!!!
Acts 3:22 – 23, Amplified version. ²²Thus Moses said to the forefathers, The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as [He raised up] me; Him you shall listen to and understand by hearing and heed in all things whatever He tells you.
²³And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to and understand by hearing and heed that Prophet shall be utterly exterminated from among the people. Amen!
God knows you. He knows your heart. He knows Me. He knows My heart. He knows My heart’s intents and purposes. No matter where you are, God can call you by your name.
Let us look at the Book of Isaiah and know whether God could call somebody by his name. Remember it was God Who called Samuel, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel answered. He [God] gave him a message for his master Eli. True or false?
The same way it took God to mention the Servant of the Most High. It took God to mention His Name. Otherwise, the Name had remained a secret up till this day. I would not go further in that Name.
But let Me just convince you that God knows you and He knows your dwelling place. He knows all your works and your doings. He calls you by your name. If you belong to God, He must call you by your name.
Isaiah 43:1 – 4, The Message Bible. But now, God’s Message, the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, [1] I’ve redeemed you. [2] I’ve called your name. You’re mine. When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down.
Your Name is not so mighty that God cannot call your name. On the way to Damascus, the Almighty God called the name, “Saul! Saul! Why persecutest thou Me.”
If you want God to call your name before you will believe, get ready. I say, get ready.
2 Kings 19:27 – 29, The Message Bible. ²⁷I know when you sit down,… God is saying that He knows when you sit down. He equally knows when you stand up. He knows when you sleep. He knows when you wake up. He knows when you are at home. He knows when you are abroad. He knows even your dwelling place. that is what I am trying to establish.
²⁷I know when you sit down, when you come and when you go; And, yes, I’ve marked every one of your temper tantrums against me. Every jot of your – I mean – silly words against God. I want to use the simplest English. Every words of your useless uncontrolled mouth and tongue; I have marked all against you.
When God said through the mouth of Jesus that we should mind the way we talk, for we will account for every idle word that proceeds out of our mouth.
Matthew 12:36 – 37, KJV. ³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
He warned us through James to bridle our tongues, “Be quick to hear and slow to speak.” You might be thinking you did not mean it. Get ready!
James 1:26, Amplified version. ²⁶If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religious service is worthless (futile, barren).
You are having dealings with the Almighty God. We never embraced Him and started worshipping Him. No! We were asked to home and count the cost and re-examine ourselves over and over. We were given one month to go and consider.
We did not go to Fellowship. If we can worship God, we should come back, lest He will destroy us in His fury, for He is the Almighty God Who cannot chide. He does not play. There is no amusement with God.
But today, the so called churches have become points of amusement, or you call them amusement centres – Entertainment centres, drama centres. Of course they know they are mocking themselves and not the Almighty God.
That is why we are singled out, you and I He had already ordained for salvation and placed us in our homes according to the prophecy that after watching over us for years and we refuse to repent, He was bound to single out His Family and a few of His friends and well-wishers down to a secluded place – His House – and nurture them, and take them away.
You might be in the number. You might also be here as a witness who will tell others what happened. It is going to be horrible to you. Who will like to be that witness who will go and tell people what happened because he is left behind?
2 Kings 19:27 – 29, The Message Bible. ²⁷I know when you sit down, when you come and when you go; And, yes, I’ve marked every one of your temper tantrums against me.
²⁸It’s because of your temper,
your blasphemous foul temper, That I’m putting my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth And turning you back to where you came from.
Taking you back to the world. Taking you back to that same dustbin where you were picked because of your bad heart – evil heart of unbelief.
God said He will place a hook, pull you from your nose, and then put padlock on that your mouth and tongue, and pull you back to the same place where He picked you.
What a horrible situation. From Grace to grass. From the King’s table to the dog’s vomit. A pig going back to its vomit.
2 Kings 19:27 – 28, Amplified version. ²⁷But [O Sennacherib] I [the Lord] know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against Me.
²⁸Because your raging against Me and your arrogance and careless ease have come to My ears, therefore I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came, O king of Assyria.
2 Kings 19:27 – 28, Living Bible.^[27]I know everything about you. God knows everything about Me, My going out and My coming in. My sitting down and My standing up. Even the intents of My heart, He knows all.
I know all your plans and where you are going next; I know all your plans. I equally know where you are going next. “Once I leave here, see My destination. Once I leave that place, I will enter the next destination”, thinking that nobody knows. God knows all.
Tell Me where you are going to hide and the Almighty God will not search you out.
it is this consciousness of God’s presence around us that makes us to refrain from anything God does not approve for us.
We have things God approved for us. things that are commonly believed among us. we have things that are abominable to God as children of the Most High God. we have been taught.
…and I also know the evil things you have said about Me. ^[28]And because of your arrogance against Me, I am going to put a hook in your nose and a bridle in your mouth and turn you back on the road by which you came. Amen!
2 Kings 19:27 – 28, King James version. ²⁷But I know thy abode,... I know where you are living. I know your abode. Another translation said, “I know where you live.” I know your dwelling place.
²⁷But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Abode is a dwelling place of God. The dwelling place of every human being. This is My abode.
So, no matter where you are, even in your place, God knows everything. Everything means everything.
I know your works. I know your dwelling. Revelation 3:8, The Message Bible. “I see what you’ve done. Now see what I’ve done. …..
Amplified version. I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. …
Living Bible. I know you well;…
King James version. I know thy works. …
All I want to establish is that God Who knows our names calls us by our names. He equally knows where we are living. He knows what we are doing. He knows when we are going out and when we are coming in. And wherever we are planning to go and whatever we are planning to do, He knows all. He knows where you are at any given time.

If God does not give you a believing heart, what I am saying will be sounding strange to you. And the more I speak, the more you stumble. I am here standing as the Rock of offence where people stumble at. And what is that thing they stumble at? THE WORD. ……. They stumble at the Word. That is why I have espoused the Elect of God to the Word of God; To the Word of their testimony which is able to save their souls and give them a place among those that are sanctified by the Faith that is in Me. Sanctification is a definite experience.

BE PATIENT WITH GOD; Preached on Sunday 14^th December, 2014 at the Household of God, Port Harcourt; Pg. 67 vs. 29 & Pg. 68 vs. 31

You have need of patience

Now, let us go to Romans chapter eight. I am still laying a background for that Message. If you understand it, you will understand that Message because I am not the preacher, but the Spirit that is in Me inspired that Message.

Romans 8:22 – 34, The Message Bible. ²²All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance.
That is why waiting does not diminish us,… Waiting for that full deliverance does not diminish us one bit. It does not weaken our Faith one bit. The more we wait for the fulfilment of the promise of God, the stronger our Faith becomes. Why?We are holding the certainty of the truth.
Truth brings the future closest. Do you believe that? We are waiting according to the promise. We are waiting according to time. We are waiting according to the hour we are in right now.
The whole world is sitting on a time bomb that will explode with time. So, everywhere appears to be pregnant. What it will deliver will be very very disastrous. We are in a pregnant situation the world over. Believe it if you can.
We are living in perilous times – precarious times. Everything is failing mankind. Nobody can predict accurately what tomorrow may bring.
Everybody is living in the fear of tomorrow, but we are comforted by the promises of God that He will catch us away in the midst of the trouble – that the Bride will be taken away during troublous times.
And now, we have rolled gradually into troublous times where it has become increasingly difficult for people to maintain godly confession of their faith steadfastly without wavering for one day, if not Christ that has appeared. I am not talking of one week.
And in this waiting, we do not diminish one bit. Thank God we recognized that from the time of the promise to the time of its fulfilment, there must be a period of waiting.
When He gave the promise to Abraham, He never fulfilled it immediately. Abraham had to wait for 20 good years.
You see why He gave us the Message that we have need of patience. When our obedience is fulfilled, we will get the promise. God is not the God of “Wait and Take.”
Between the period the promise went forth to the period of its fulfilment, there must be a period of waiting.
It is during this period of waiting that many deny the Faith of Christ. Many wander away. Many begin to think that God is slack in fulfilling the promise. Rebellion will arise. People will begin to jump into the world.
Some will say, “God is no longer mindful of His Word.” Many many things will happen like it is happening today.
Many are tired of waiting for the promise of God, but the Bible said, “Though it tarries, wait for it, for it can never be over-delayed by a single day. It shall be one day known unto the LORD. Not by day; not by night, for in the evening, there shall be light.”
Habakkuk 2:1 – 2, Amplified version. For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.
Living Bible. ^[3]But these things I plan won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!
Zechariah 14:7, But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
So, if you grow tired because you are waiting, that goes to show that from the beginning, you were not called by God. If you were called by God for salvation, all you have to do is to climb the sycamore tree and wait until your salvation comes to you. Until then, I will not come down from the sycamore tree. Did you get the Message?
We can never shrink one bit during the period of waiting. Why? Our strength is even renewed on a daily basis, for God Who said we should wait is nourishing us with the daily food that will make us to be strong while we wait.
This is because throughout the whole world today, there is famine of the Word of God as prophesied long long time ago, noting that people are now tired of going to church.
Every church day now, they use it to drink and enjoy themselves because the worst crimes are now being committed in the churches. They have lost confidence in the churches. And you do not blame anybody. Are we blind? Do we not see what is happening everywhere?
Go Home! And then go and worship God in your own Family the way God is revealing to you. Leave the world. Leave the crowd.
Prophet Muhammad Raheem [pbuh] said, “If Allah has revealed Himself to you, and you are sure and certain that this is Allah, walk alone. Do not walk with the majority. Follow Him. He will lead you straight to Paradise.”
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, pg. 252. If Allah permits you to see this RUN TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO HIM [FOLLOW HIM] AND NEVER ABANDON HIM. IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, NEVER ABANDON HIM IF YOU REACH HIM AND FIND THE TRUE PATH. Ah – and he pointed to his chest – how I long to see him. LET NOTHING HOLD YOU BACK FROM SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO HIM [FROM BEING HIS FOLLOWER, FROM FOLLOWING HIM] those who hold you back are those who have always sought refuge in corruption. If they speak, they speak evil, and if they are silent, they are impious and perverse.
But when you want to walk with the majority, you are on the way to destruction. You have missed it all.
Matthew 7:13, Amplified version. Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it.
We are reading Romans chapter eight from verse twenty-two through thirty-four in The Message Bible. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. Sure!!!
Waiting can never diminish the expectation of a pregnant woman. Moreso, when the expected date of delivery has been given to her by the doctors and midwives. She will be waiting in hope of that day the real labour will start. She will just rush to the hospital and come back with a new born baby.
The joys of delivery must surpass the agonies of waiting. The joy of delivery is by far greater than all the pains she passed through while she was pregnant.
I am saying that the sufferings of this present time are nothing to be compared to the glory that awaits every overcoming child of God who will persevere till the end by holding on to the profession of his or her faith unwavering and unshakable till the end.
Romans 8:18, Amplified version. [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!
Hebrews 10:23, KJV. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
If there is no difficulty on the way, there would not be need for warning. The LORD Jesus said, “Whosoever shall endure till the end, the same shall be saved.” Which means, difficult times were foretold.
Matthew 24:13, KJV. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
If there is no difficult time ahead, there would not be warning for endurance. If you lack that endurance. If you lack that enduring heart, you are not going to make it. You will run this race in vain.
We are enlarged in the waiting. Because of our expectation that can never fail us. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
^[26-28]Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. Sure!!!
We are not the ones doing it. It is the grace of God that is sustaining everybody. God’s Spirit is keeping us afloat. You do not know how it is happening.
That is why you are in the hour when the righteous shall live by faith. Exercise your faith in Jehovah. Faith in Jehovah gives you the victory in the hour we are in. Otherwise, you will be a part of the evil society.
…If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
^[29-30]God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. From the very official beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored.
We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. We see the original and intended shape of our lives in the Firstborn that is presented to us Whom we are asked to look up to as the author and finisher of our Faith and Who should be our example in all things.
After God made that decision of what his children should be like,… God made a decision of what His children should be like, they should not be anything less than that Son [Firstborn] that is presented, in Whom he is well pleased.
You cannot be anything less. You cannot be anything more. So He presented Him as human being to you – The Pattern you must pattern after whether you like it or not. This is His purpose, documented.
After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it UP…
He did what? He followed it up like He is doing, even till this day, shaping you spiritually using the verbal Words – the Spoken Word – which is His Spirit and also Life to remold you and to shape you so that you can be with Him eternally.
After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name.
After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end,…
He stays with them till the end after getting them established in the present truth. When He is sure He has espoused them to the holistic truth – they have now arrived – He does not fly away.
He stays with them, leading and guiding, making sure no one leaves the line. And in that way, He marches them into Paradise.
And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.
Gloriously completing the work He had initiated, You can be sure that the Almighty God that started the works in us must surely complete it.
³¹So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? How can we lose, if God is on our side to this extent?
He started with us. He remained with us, moving with us, leading till this day; not fainting on the way; not abandoning us; never got discouraged. HOW CAN WE FAIL?
Tell Me. Where your teacher groomed you in the class room, followed you into the examination hall, and was there by your side as you were writing the papers, and he is the one that will collect your papers; he is the one that will mark your scripts, HOW CAN YOU FAIL?
Tell Me how you can fail. This is because He has gotten you fully established. Sure and certain, He abode with you. Not intending to accept any mistake at all, He stood there and watched you write. He became your invigilator and became also your supervisor and the marker of your script.
Tell Me how you can fail, unless you have deliberately decided not to write anything at all. You have decided not to believe in Him. Finish!
He will discountenance you immediately. If God is with us, who can be against us.
³¹So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?
And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way!
There is absolutely no way! The Resurrected Body is still there with the Father Who has never left Him, clefting for His own people, Oh No! What else can we say again. What else?
IT IS NOT EASY TO GO TO HELL, FOR YOU MUST RESIST THE TRUTH AND REFUSE THE TRUTH FOR YOU TO GO TO HELL. YOU MUST REFUSE THE TRUTH FOR YOU TO ACCEPT ERROR. IS IT A LIE?
YOU MUST REJECT THE TRUTH FOR YOU TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT FALSEHOOD, FOR THE TWO CAN NEVER LIVE IN ONE PLACE AND BE AT PEACE. NEVER NEVER!
So, as we journey along, God has marked all that belong to Him. In a great house, there are not just ornaments of gold and silver. There are also ornaments of wood and clay. But there is one assurance. God knows all that belong to Him.
Acts 15:18, KJV. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
And whosoever that belongs to Him should depart from iniquity – depart from evil.
2 Timothy 2:19, KJV. Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The LORD knoweth them that are His. And, let everyone that nameth the Name of God depart from iniquity.
Continuing in evil marks you out of His presence straightaway! For He cannot yoke Himself with an evil fellow. Impossible!

No human being ordained Me. No human being called Me. There was no vote that was cast for Me. Of course you know more than that. I never assumed to be anything. I just appeared. A Branch that existed without a tree; without a stem. Where He came from, you do not know. Where He is going to, you do not know. You were waiting for the Messiah. Suddenly, He appeared wearing the picture you never knew and became the greatest stumbling block of the Age.

THE SON OF MAN

BRIDAL WATCH! ISRAEL AND PALESTINE IN PROPHESY VOL 3; preached on Sunday 6^th April 2014; Pg. 118 vs. 15 – 17

DESPISE ME NOT, FOR I AM BLACK

Look at Hebrews chapter twelve from verse one through two. We are crossing over. I am crossing over.

Hebrews 12:1 – 2, The Message Bible. Do you see what this means–all these pioneers who blazed the way. all these veterans cheering us on? Sure!!!
It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running–and never quit! No extra spiritual fat,… We are walking on the path the Apostles trod. We are on the Pathway of Life.
When we compare our experiences with those of our predecessors, they dovetail. If they should resurrect today and go to fellowship, they will worship where we worship, for we believe the same thing. Is it not true?
For the Message you are holding has been confirmed by the Almighty God Himself, vindicated and approved in the same way He vindicated and approved that of the veterans. What else do you need?
Is it not a strength booster that nothing will ever make Me to draw back one bit or to slumber? The people that have not experienced the power of resurrection of Christ in their lives, these are the people that fall back – the Mixed multitude, Make-believers who are milling around us for material gains. They are in the majority.
When you look at them and then use them as your example, you will be like them. But we have only but One Example presented to everybody to pattern after.
Do you see what this means–all these pioneers who blazed the way. all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running–and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both begun and finished this race we’re in. Keep your eyes on Who? Jesus Christ, the Author and Finisher, Who first began and also finished it, and then came back to life to pave the way so that we will be in the reality. We will be in the Reality!
Christ made all the prophets real. Without Him, there is no fulfilment of anything God prophesied. He came to make them real and believable to the children of God. We believe that when we die we shall resurrect. Who laid the example? Christ. Is it not true?
This is our core preaching. We believe that living right with God is profitable. Who paved the way? Christ. Then others followed suit. And they were not disappointed at the end. How can we be disappointed? It is impossible. I say, it is impossible.
Why are you looking down on the Message? Why are you looking down on the Messenger? Why are you looking down on the Messenger?
Songs of Solomon 1:6, The Message Bible. I am weathered but still elegant, oh, dear sisters in Jerusalem, Weather-darkened like Kedar desert tents,…
What darkened them? Weather. The weather – the climate – made them look dark, for they found themselves in the tropics just like we are in the tropics today. I will give it a name.
Weather-darkened like Kedar desert tents, time-softened like Solomon’s Temple hangings. Do not look down on Me because I’m dark,…
Do not despise Me. Do not look down on Me because I am black. Do not look down on Me because I am black. Why do people ridicule black people? Anything that is not from the white man, people can hardly accept it to be true.
Why do they cast aspersions on anything black, even to the point that the same black people begin to change their colour? They begin to change their natural colours because they hate to be blacks.
This is simply because there is a great lie that is being peddled all over the world – as black as the devil. Is the devil black? Is there any history. Is there any place in the Bible?
The Bible labelled Lucifer as the most handsome angel, fair to look at, elegant, whose beauty or handsomeness entered his head and he became proud as we see it today.
Isaiah 14:12, KJV. How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
NIV. How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
Ezekiel 28:17, ESV. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before the kings, to feast their eyes on you.
When a man or woman is fair-complexioned, may be elegant, automatically it is believed that he or she is looking good. The moment it enters his/her head, he/she will be over-bloated with the pride of life.
Who said Satan is black? Only the enemies of God, for they know that the Almighty God is a Black Man. For that reason, the devil has gone ahead of time to create doubt and unbelief. But I will show you the truth.
Do not look down on Me because I’m dark, DARKENED BY THE SUN’S HARSH RAYS. Yes!
Where do you have the sun’s harsh rays? Is it not in the tropics? The equatorial zone. And we know the people that live along the tropics. We will know them today, though you know them in the Message, GOD IN DESPISED PLACES.
MY BROTHERS RIDICULED ME AND SENT ME TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. THEY MADE ME CARE FOR THE FACE OF THE EARTH, BUT I HAD NO TIME TO CARE FOR MY OWN FACE.
For that reason, sufferings and afflictions made Him look very dark, they made Him look very dark. The weather acted on Him. The sufferings and affliction He passed through helped also in painting Him black.
Is this the reason why you despise Him? You are mad if you do so. Black or white, He is what He is.
Songs of Solomon 1:6, Amplified version. [Please] do not look at me, [She said, for] I am swarthy. [I have worked out] in the sun and it has left its mark upon me. My stepbrothers were angry with me, and they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard [my complexion] I have not kept. Amen! [swarthy means dark, weather-beaten or dark-complexioned]
King James version. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Now, let us go to the Acts of the Apostles chapter thirteen. I want to get this straight into our ears. Acts thirteen. Let us have a little history from verse one.
Acts 13:1 – 2, The Message Bible. The Congregation in Antioch was blessed with a number of prophet-preachers and teachers: PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS and TEACHERS Barnabas, Simon, nicknamed Niger,…. Simon nicknamed what? Niger. Spelling? N-I-G-E-R. A black man! Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, and advisor to the ruler Herod, Saul. We will go further with time.
Amplified version. NOW IN the church (assembly) at Antioch there were prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God) and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger [Black],…
It was from that Niger that we got Nigeria. The Black! Simon the black man. Niger! So Niger means Black.
And another word for Niger from your dictionary means monkey. That is why we are called black monkeys of Africa. Another name for monkey is Niger.
And then, the tradition of monkeys can be likened to the traditions of Africans in behaviour. I do not want to go there. This is because monkeys are lovers of fun. They love climbing from one tree to another.
I want to speak on that but not today – privately, not publicly – to some people who will understand Me.
Nigeria came from this. Nigeria is the Giant of Africa. Do you believe that to be true? When we say that Africans are black monkeys, is Nigeria excluded?
Why is it that every disease that is infectious is credited to Africa and the source is either credited to monkey or chimpanzee where these two animals that resemble each other are predominantly present?
The home of monkeys in the whole world remains black Africa where we have thick forests. Why? The rain there is very heavy. The sunshine is equally very intense.
The tropics, where luxuriant trees grow, which intermingle with one another, making climbing from one tree to another very easy for monkeys and their species. True or false?
Look at them there despising this man because he is a Nigerian. He is black in colour. They have started despising him in the Acts of the Apostles.
Why not mention his name and forget about the colour of his skin? Racial discrimination! They wanted the entire world to know that this man is a black man from Africa. Acts 13:1, Living Bible
Among the Prophets and Teachers of the church at Antioch were barnabas and Symeon (also called “The Black Man”),… Also called what? The Black Man. He was among the Prophets, Teachers and Evangelists in the Acts of the Apostles.
King James version. Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,…Amen!
I have established something there. But as we journey along, you will notice that in this Man – in this Man – we will know who that Man is.
In this Man, if you believe in Him, you will receive forgiveness for your sins, which you could not even receive if you were to live under the laws of Moses.
And then, Philip told Nathanael, “I have found the Man, whom the law and the prophets spoke about.”
And that Man turned out to be the end of the law and the prophets. Now for righteousness to rule over mankind that will believe by faith in Him, faith in the revealed Christ of your day.
What if He is revealed and you despise Him like this Chiemelie Bright, who is equally demonstrating against Me here? You did not notice that he has decided that he will not read because I have descended on him.
His spirit is attacking Me. And that is why I stood before him to deal ruthlessly with that spirit this afternoon. And if he does not take his time, the exam that will start on Wednesday, he may leave here on Tuesday for Aba because of unrepentant spirit.
He might not be the one doing it but he is yielding himself to that negative spirit. I hear the voice, I do not even perceive, but I hear the voice. It talks to Me. Whenever I speak, it throws it back to Me.
When Peter was possessed of the devil, he never knew that Jesus was hearing what he was saying. The devil was speaking to Jesus, using him, until Jesus got offended so much and said, “Get thee behind Me, you devil.” Then Peter realized that Jesus heard everything.
Jesus heard even what he was muttering in his heart when Mary was pouring offerings at Jesus feet and Peter was challenging it inside.
When the Word goes forth to you and the thing hits it back, and you agree and shake your leg, do you have a better option? Can you teach us better?
Tell us the one you believe to be the truth. Who taught you that one? Is it in the “Chosen?” Tell Me. Is it in the Roman Catholic church?
Pray that I do not send you away this evening in anger because your provocation is becoming too much for Me. Go and pray hard. The Spirit can never attack you in error.
Now, let us face facts. Why do people despise Messengers of God? The topic of the Message provoked Me to begin to search the Scriptures to lay a foundation.
Otherwise, many will not believe this Message. Many will label it whatever that they wish. I am not promoting anybody but I am promoting the course of Christ, for thereunto I am ordained. Thereunto I am born. Thereunto I am sent to accomplish the will of the Father that sent Me.
If I am sent by God, nobody can believe unless he came from God. So, God gives to Me those that will work with Me. I have told you that.
Look at verse 28. Anybody God predestines, He calls. Anybody he calls and the person responds, He justifies that person.
So, take note of where I am heading to because I am handing you over to somebody God has used to help you at this crucial moment to solve your problem once and for all.
Your inability to sign into the Life Boat is caused by your unbelief due to over-familiarity. Why? He is not a white man. So, He does not meet your own standard. You fixed a standard in your heart, but He comes contrary to that. And for that, you are in trouble and you are in confusion.
Now, He wants you to leave Him immediately. This is what he has been trying to say all along but He withheld His spirit.
If you do not know what to call this foundation I am laying, give it anything you want as a foundation. Call it whatever you like as the foundation.
But What I called it is I HAVE FOUND THE MAN WHOM THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS SPOKE ABOUT.
John chapter one verse forty-five in the Amplified version, Living Bible and King James according to My order.
John 1:45, Amplified version. ⁴⁵Philip sought and found Nathanael... Philip sought and found Nathanael who is also Bartholomew. Nathanael is Bartholomew.
….and told him, We have found (discovered) the One Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote about- The Prophets also wrote about Him. -Jesus from Nazareth, the [legal] son of Joseph!Amen!
Living Bible. Philip now went off to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the Messiah!–the very person Moses and the Prophets told about! He name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth!”
Kong James version. ⁴⁵Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Amen! I have exhausted it. I have exhausted it.
And on this note, I hand you over to Pastor Chizoba Udochukwu. He will now read this Message to the hearing of every Elect worldwide. Even if I sleep today, he will keep on reading it until it is finished. If he wants to faint, let him faint. Supply Him water.